brussels bureau Newly-elected European Parliament arrives in Strasbourg The high voter turnout in May's elections proves Europe is on people’s minds. However, parties will need to work harder to establish a consensus. 02/07/2019
Good Morning Europe Germany and France clash over EU top job France and Germany have clashed over who should become the next President of the European Commission. German Chancellor Angela Merkel favours centre-right candidate Manfred Weber for the role, whereas French President Emmanuel Macron pointedly didn't mention Weber amongst the contenders he listed. 29/05/2019
brussels bureau What is the European People's Party and what does it stand for? With its leader Manfred Weber tipped to succeed EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker, we take a closer look at the European People's Party (EPP). 23/04/2019
brussels bureau What Europe does for me: new website launches on how EU money gets spent What Europe does for me: new website launches on how EU money gets spent 14/11/2018
Raw Politics Weber and Stubb release campaign videos in their bid to succeed Juncke Manfred Weber and Alexander Stubb have released campaign videos as they step up their bids to be the next president of the European Commission. 06/11/2018
world news Austria's EU presidency As Austria prepares to take on the EU presidency, the country's entire cabinet visited the European Commission to outline their vision: migration control, security, Brexit and budget cuts. 06/06/2018
brussels bureau European Parliament axes vice president over Nazi jibe Polish MEP Ryszard Czarnecki has been ousted after a comment comparing a fellow MEP to a wartime informer denouncing Jews to the Nazis. 07/02/2018
Poland Leading MEPs call for vice president to be removed The call came after Ryszard Czarnecki likened a fellow Polish MEP to a "szmalcownik" 11/01/2018
brussels bureau EP 'digitally signs' EU law The first electronic signing of an EU legislative act took place on Wednesday in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. EP President Antonio Tajani 25/10/2017
Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker says Commission is not negotiating Brexit deal in "hostile mood" MEPs tackled state of Brexit negotiations at Parliament today 24/10/2017
Belgium EU fears a Catalan "domino effect" Catalans the world over have rallied in a show of support for independence. 11/09/2017
View Don't blame MEPs. Parliament must be useful and interesting: View By Eliot Wilson Dorothy Parker famously and punningly declared that you could lead a whore to culture but you couldn’t make her think. The same 12/07/2017
France French abortion pioneer Simone Veil dies aged 89 A figurehead of the struggle for women's rights in Europe, French politician and holocaust survivor Simone Veil, has died aged 89. 30/06/2017
world news New president, new direction? Commentators say the appointment of a centre-right president for the European Parliament consolidates the conservative grip on key EU institutions. 18/01/2017
brussels bureau Antonio Tajani is the new European Parliament president Italian MEP Antonio Tajani is the new president of the European Parliament. 17/01/2017
brussels bureau The Brief from Brussels: May to outline Brexit strategy This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital. 16/01/2017
brussels bureau The Brief from Brussels: EPP's Tajiani eyes presidency win This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital. 12/01/2017
brussels bureau EP presidency: the frontrunners There are three main candidates seen as the frontrunners in the race to be European Parliament president The favourite is Italy’s Antonio Tajani: a former EU commissioner and someone who is close to e 12/01/2017
brussels bureau Verhofstadt enters parliament race Former Belgian Prime MInister Guy Verhofstadt says he wants the top job the European Parliament. 06/01/2017
no comment Yazidi ISIL survivors receive Sakharov Prize The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, awarded each year by the European Parliament, has been given to two Iraqi Yazidi women who were held as sex slaves by ISIL and now campaign for human… 14/12/2016
world news EU conservatives elect Antonio Tajani as candidate for parliament speaker The European People’s Party has appointed Italian Antonio Tajani to be its candidate for the European Parliament’s presidency. 13/12/2016
Germany Martin Schulz stands down as EU parliament president There is speculation that Schulz will return to German politics after the grand coalition government backed his party ally, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, as Germany's next president. 24/11/2016
United Kingdom European Parliament head Martin Schulz warns UK 'no a la carte' Brexit menu The president of the European Parliament has warned the UK it can’t pick and choose which parts of the Single Market it wants to keep when it comes to future Brexit… 23/09/2016
Turkey EU-Turkey relations under the spotlight in Bratislava EU ministers tread a fine line between pushing Ankara to heed their concerns about human rights without affecting diplomatic relations. 03/09/2016
world news Schulz urges UK to make a speedy EU exit The European Parliament President Martin Schulz said the EU had a duty to respect the result of the Brexit referendum and criticised those who say “the institution never… 28/06/2016
the global conversation In the eye of the storm – Martin Schulz on mission to save the EU If you Google the word’s ‘trouble’ and ‘Europe’ the article list runs into pages. Hardly surprising really. Europe’s in-tray of various emergencies 03/05/2016
